Defendant's claim that the trial court improperly admitted evidence of an uncharged crime is without merit. The police witness testified that immediately prior to the charged sale, defendant removed something from a plastic bag in a garbage pail, placed the item in his pocket, and subsequently gave something to a man who approached him in a car. Even assuming that the testimony showed the commission of an uncharged crime, the evidence was admissible to prove intent to sell, a requisite element of a charged crime, and was interwoven with the narrative of the entire incident ( People v Hernandez, 216 A.D.2d 11). We perceive no abuse of sentencing discretion.
Concur — Murphy, P.J., Sullivan, Ross, Williams and Tom, JJ.